Palos Verdes Bulletin, January 1926
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Palos Verdes Bulletin, January 1926
PALOS VERDES BULLETIN Published by the Palos Verdes Homes Association, Palos Verdes Estates, California VOLUME 2 JANUARY 1926 NUMBER Webber, Staunron LOOKING HOLLYWOOD A very struction -PALOS ACTIVELY strong of O(T the AIAL.AGA VERDES PUSHED movement for ITollywood-Palos 225 feet wide, linking of Los Angelcs with ('PON COVE PLAZA PARKWAY immediate Verdes con- Parkway, the finest residential Redondo and Palos district Verdes, was reported at the annual meeting of Palos Verdes homes Association held Tuesday, January 12th. I)irectors elected were A. E. Cameron, one year; Donald K. Lawver and (,. 11. Morgan for two years, and Jay Lawyer and J. C. Low for three years. Seven hundred acres of parks were reported by Secretary and Manager Charles IT. Cheney as having;- been deeded by the Project and accepted by the .Association. These lands could not be bought for several million dollars, including as they do four miles of ocean beach and bluffs, the golf course, school and playground sites, etc. The upkeep problems are well in hand, arrangements being under way with the County to use a definite appropria- tion hereafter annually for the maintenance of the 4L)miles of Palos Verdes roads now sub-surfaced out of the 53 miles already constructed, he said, and the Association was going along in very sound shape. Director of Finance that the annual lished in the T. IT. Pennekamp reported appropriations for 1925-26, as estabbudget adopted last summer and FROM inc ('u(H, DI,TTiis ttc rtn: ¢nd Spaulding, I Architects ARaAUt? printed in the July l3ttlletin amounted which $14,869.90 had been expended to $O(',820, of to (late. From the taxes of the Association this year $25,197 was received, and there were taxes receivable of $3,699.45 unpaid. The Project had agreed to subscribe the difference needed for the annual nutintenance work as established in the budget and would pay their contribution at the end of the year when the amount was definitely determined. ( )ver $1,000,0(x) in new improvements are to he made by Palos Verdes Project on the Estates during the coming year, including a large amount of planting and park development which will enrich the sidewalk areas and parks of the Estates very materially, according to jay Lawyer, General Manager of the Project, who outlined the program under way. Petitions are being actively circulated asking the County Supervisors to form immediately a large district for the construction of the TTollywood-Palos Verdes Parkway from Inglewood to a connection with Paseo del Mar, the coast parkway in Palos Verdes Estates at the north line of Malaga Cove. This parkway is proposed to be 225 feet in width with a central roadway probably of 80 feet, and wide planting strips with three lines of trees at least on (Continued on page seven) 2 PALOS VERDES BULLETIN PALOS VERDES BULLETIN Publication Office 75 MALAGA COVE PLAZA PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Office sot LANE MORTGAGE BUILDING Eighthand SpringStreets Published by Palos Verdes Homes Association, a nonstock, non-profit, community organization, in which every building site in Palos Verdes Estates has one vote; incorporated under the laws of the State of California. Mailed to any address upon request. r w w News hands notes and of the editors items of interest not later "Quality First CONTROL than the should first be in the of each month. in l'celos Verdes" OF SIGNS Careful control of all signs on Palos Verdes Estates as to design, color, size and necessity is of prime importance if we are to fulfil our ideal of keeping the property from ever being spoiled. Billboards, of course, are forever banned by the restrictions. On the other hand, business houses must have reasonable signs so that they may easily be found and identified. The system used at the lovely 1'aseo or "Street in Spain" in Santa Barbara, and now adopted for the business offices at Malaga Cove Plaza, seems a very nice conrproutise a few words, in thin letters about four inches high, arranged at eye height, and placed in a thin black border or panel These with a thin are painted the building red line outside directly on the to brighten it up. plaster surface of and fit into the general sign without losing architectural nouncc the stores within and yet sive, nor Offensive to the eye. scheme effect. are not of de- They antoo obtru- It is a strange anomaly of modern civilization that while the courts have repeatedly sustained the punishment of offenses against our sense of smell, and our sense of hearing, they have not yet given ordinary communities adequate interpretation the police power to curb the terrible our sense its. However, of sight that within offenses everywhere obtrude the last three of against in another decade Mstrict see billboards, signs and even olfcnsive color on buildings reasonably regulated. In Palos Verdes, however, all these things have been provided for by common agreement in the protective restrictions under which lots have been acquired. The I lomes Association and the \rt fury have full power to cope cotttpletely with the situa tion. I n this regard we are the most fortunate community in the A\'est and as we grow up, with more and more homes and buildings of all kinds and our great area free from billboards and all signs except the few necessities (and those in gcrxl taste), Palos Verdes undoubtedly will become more and more envied and sought after because of this tremendous asset to its permanent attractiveness. upon or four years, NEW PLANTINGS ALONG GRANVIA VALMONTE Of the plantings already done in I';dos Verdes, decisions in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Ohio begin to indicate that the "mind of the court" is progressing toward an understanding of these matters, and that probably \'IA I,, Srm,v,. I.IU(NINOO EAST I t the rrorthr 'ast eoriier of Mc Ilnlirr/n Corr or so we shall perhaps the most interesting to the server is, or will be within a year, that general between obthe double-barrel roads of (;ranvia Valmontc from the I?ucalyptus (rove cast to V'almonte Plaza, and beyond the I9aza to Via Campesina a space of threequarters of a mile lug and ninety feet wide, completely planted with covers. :Along the outside Iiro'u/pilts rostra/u, the tree, as it is one of the soil in this section and trees, of Red shrubs each (4um, barrel and of is used ground the as road a street hest trees for the light, dry will probably attain a height of 1(x) feet. At irregular 3 ,A I'ow MIostEN'rs' ItAVr AT TIP; NORTH l N'ra, vNeI: I'i,AZ, intervals within the center parkway this same variety of I?ucalvptus is again used, with other tall trees such as the Silk-Oak ((;revilic(t ro(ms/a), with pretty fern-like foliage and orange-colored flowers covering its branches in late spring; the She-Oak (Casuarina strirta), of pyramidal growth and dark, pine-like foliage; l:ru'olt'ptrts lruco.rvlorr rosea, the Red Flowered Victorian Iron (lark, probably the hardiest of the bright-flowering eucalyptus 6 PALOS the great increase boulevards cently perts and in demand ments, class grounds, demand for designers high for parks, playgrounds, recreation still the great and called and more for city planning of large community subdivisions, and new towns has such trained nten. VERDES for the ex- improve- industrial also re- villages services of One of the hardest problems of the landscape architect is to show in a drawing or plan how he proposes to produce beautiful results with the materials he uses. The architect can show a fine building, the engineer can show bridges and roads, but the landscape number P. wish of luncheons, bridge parties this time. Mr. may to spend money LA VENTA INN NOTES Was a busy month at La Venta I)eccnbcr the man dinners, far exceeding 1). Alason gave teas, any other a dinner dances month party to remodel the land shapes and rebuild the soil itself, then to plant small trees and flowers that will requirc 't'hese years plans of growth to are not showy, prove even his real with the ability. best of drawings. The ideals of Palos Verdes will demand the best of landscape design, even for small places, and lot owners are fortunate in that all the park and road layouts up to this time have been in skilled hands. It is to be hoped that the makers of new homes aiid gardens will make use of a really competent landscape architect. There are a number of them available in and about Los Angcles. Mrs. Dc Stoiger gave and tea at La Venta and The Misses Thayer and "I'odd, of the John Nlilir Junior high School, gave a bridge luncheon for twenty-eight people on December 16th. Aliss Nancy I Tacker of Santa Monica entertained at La Vent: at a bridge tea on December ltth. A number of university people enjoyed a dinner I )c- cctrtbcr 8th. Mrs. Deeny, wife of one of the officers of the U. S. S. Pennsylvania, gave a bridge luncheon on December 8th for twenty guests. The Long peach Alumni of Sigma Chi Fraternity gave a Christmas dinner dance at La Vcnta Inn. Mrs. R. B. you hlcinSmid was one of the Los Angeles hostesses who entertained in the charming surroundings of La Vcnta during December. on DecentIer a musicale Inn, up to on BULLETIN 30th. and dance on New Year's Eve. I toward Newby is president of the group. Mr. and 1\1rs. Walter I rauttsweigcr spent several days at La Yenta Inn at Christmas tithe. CHRISTMAS On Palos Christmas Verdes Eve met about at the EVE sixty-five north Plaza residents dressed of in Spanish costume and carrying lighted candles, then marched to the residence of Al r. Olmsted singing Christmas carols. At the door two of the young people dressed as Mary and joseph knocked and re- rptested permission to enter, but Were told that there was no room. "Then they continued to smother entrance, all according to an old Mexican custom. Inside the large living room there was more singing, and then the children were invited to take part in an old-fashioned grab bag, which hung in the center blindfolded until the 't'nr Fn(sr D INING ROOM AT LA VENTA of the room. The children, one by one, and armed with a stick, struck the bag fourth or fifth child finally succeeded in bursting it, then there was a general scramble to pick up the small presents. There were thirty or more children who had been trained to sing Christmas carols. The whole party was a great success with a great deal of community interest and true Christmas spirit. PALOS VERDES BULLETIN Winchmn I$NTRANCI] PA,rIO AT 77110 Home THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT There is a good deal of confusion in the minds of many tect." L. Risky, A,ch r t or 1\7a. AND MIRs. W. R. T)oltlc, VIA AItRIIIA, 1IAI,AInA (ovi; as to what is meant by "Landscape ArchiThe first error is to suppose he is just a sort of architect who builds garden walls and pergolas, and there have been many efforts to find a new name for him, such as landscaper, landscape designer, garden artist, parkist, and what not. There are landscape gardeners, and good ones, but more often just gardeners. There are landscape engineers, who are often just engineers. But the true landscape architect is one of greater breadth of viewpoint, training, and experience, particularly in landscape design. The real profession of designing skilfully, for the agreeable impr ovement of the surface of the land art, scapc sonic distinct ticulture must from the other arts. architect must know landscape architecture, and in addition and gardening, he able to use The art, must real and sonic engineering. these several arts land- must know know horand Ito sciences Ili their proper relation in matters of design. The art of gardening finely has been known and recognized for centuries, ])tit only in recent years II"0 for human use and enjoyment, can be and is an art in itself, and its highest form is recognized as a fine A ('lARAt(NO VISTA DOWN A SUN 1.11' IIALTAVAY Flame of Mr. and Mrs. Dorr has it become a true profession of great importance, for in the Old days only a few people were able to find leisure to enjoy the land, or funds to pay for its improvement. ( )nly in recent years has the sense of public responsibility and public interest developed to sufficient extent to acquire public parks, school grounds, parkways and reservations of large extent, and to need designing and improving of such areas in the best possible manner. In a generation the world has seen a vast change in the manner Of living, through the coming of the automobile and the change Of normal rates of progress from a mile or two to twenty miles per hour or more. 'I'he motor car might have meant a lessening. of need for the landscape architect, for it has called THROUGH THE ASCII Al'iTln': Home of Mr. atul END Mrs. OF 1111' Dorr IIALIAVAY for a large share Of the surplus funds of the family and of the public. But it has led also to speed in production and increase in general wealth, and now seems to have greatly increased instead of reducing the call for land improvement; it has taken people Out Onto the land to live and also Out into much wider use of parks and playgrounds for recreation. PALOS VERDES BULLETIN 5 77f Winchto, 'far: iA,'rnvr: I'Aros I,. Kislev,Architect Vr: amts STONE' Is t'AI'A111.6: OF Vh:¢v INTERNsTiNin T iii?:vrnn:NT lt'esidenee of Mr. and Mrs. II'. ll. Dorr In the older cities of the world and especially in those of the United States, the art of improvement society for many years centered around New York and Boston, where there were a few active mem- of the land has been developed to a high degree and the demand for skilled designers has become very great. In colonial days a few inch gave serious thought to landscape design, but not until a few decades ago was there a real call for men to give their entire time to this outdoor art. New York in the fifties called for plans to improve the city park and reservoir grounds; the elder Olmsted, an en- gineer, with Mr. Vaux, petition make place for what was an architect, then won the com- a vast undertaking, over the great tract from an ugly spot of great beauty and usefulness-knowvn Central Park. That was followed by a call other cities for similar work, and 1\ir. Olmsted a very busy life in planning land improvement to to a as from spent as a real profession. lie visited all parts of the United States, from Boston to New Orleans and San Francisco, and he built up a great office through which many hundreds many men of men were trained have gone out into and from which the active practice of the new profession. Tn recent years the demand for trained designers has become so great that schools of landscape architecture have been established in many of the universities, thorough some and relatively exacting, superficial, and now there others very are many A Fntrsiui? Nooi< IN THE HOME Or TIE. AND nuts . (;Eo. (lions,, I u C(IrllyrcNhnu, 11(ilor/tr. Core la. hers, but now the membership has grown into hundreds, extending from coast to coast, and standards tice, the need for some interchange of ideas and for the establishing of standards of professional etiquette has led to the forming of a society known as of practice have become well established on a truly professional basis, comparable to the professions of law, medicine or architecture. The private place for the loan of means, or even for the man of limited means hut_ of high artistic standards, has afforded perhaps the largest share of the American work trained With men practicing the increase Society throughout in the number of Landscape the country. of men in prac- Architects. This for the professional landscape designer; but 6 PAI.OS VERDES the great increase in demand for parks, playgrounds, boulevards and recreation grounds, and more recently still the great demand for city planning experts and for designers of large community improve- ments, high class subdivisions, industrial villages and new towns has called also for the services of such trained meet. One of the hardest problems of the. landscape architect is to show in a drawing or plan how he proposes to produce beautiful results with the materials he uses. The architect can show a fine building, the engineer can show bridges and roads, but the landscape I)eccmbcr the number man may wish to spend money to LA VENTA INN NOTES was a busy month at La Vesta Inn, of luncheons, and dinners, teas, (lances bridge parties far exceeding any other month up to thistime. Mr. P. 1). Mason gave a dinner party oil I)cccntbcr8th. Mrs. 1)cemy, wife of one of the officers of the U. S. S. Pcnnsylvania, gave it bridge luncheon on December 8th for 1wenty guests. BULLETIN remodel the land shapes and rebuild the soil itself, then to plant small trees and flowers that will retmirc years of growth to prove his real ability. 'T'hese plans are not showy, even with the best of drawings. The ideals of Palos Verdes will demand the best of landscape design, even for small places , and lot owners are fortunate in that all the park and road layouts up to this time have been in skilled hands. It is to be hoped that the makers of new homes and gardens surroundings of La Vesta during make use of a really competent of them Mrs. De Stoiger gave a musicale and tea at La Vesta on December 30th. The Misses Thayer and 'T'odd, of the John Muir Junior 1ligh School, gave a bridge luncheon fur twenty-eight people on December 1()th. Miss Nancy IIacker of Santa Monica entertained at La Vesta A number at a bridge tea on December of university and dance on New Year's president of the group. The Long L'cach Alumni of Sigma Chi Fraternity gave a Christmas dinner dance at La Vesta Inn. Mrs. R. B, von hleinSmid was one of the Los Angeles hostesses wli( entertained in the charming will landscape architect. There are a number available in and about Los \ngeles. days people Eve. loth. enjoyed a dinner Ifoward Newby Mr. and 1Mrs. Walter I raunsweiger spent at La Vcnta Inn at Christmas time. December. CHRISTMAS On Palos Christmas Verdes Spanish marched costume Eve met and sixty-five north carrying to the residence Christmas carols. At people dressed as Mary several EVE about at the is Plaza lighted residents dressed candles, of lllr. (_)lmsted of in then singing the door two of the young and joseph knocked and re- (ptested permission to enter, but were told that there was 110 room. Then they continued to mother entrance, all according Inside the large to an old Mexican living room there custom. was more singing, and then the children were invited to take part in an old-fashioned grab bag, which Ming ill the center blindfolded until the Tnr FIRSTDINING ROOMAT LA VENTA of the room. The children, one by one, and armed with a stick, struck the bag fourth or fifth child finally succeeded in bursting it, then there was a general scramble to pick up the small presents. There were thirty or store children who had been trained to sing Christmas carols. The whole party was a great success with a great deal of contntunity interest and true Christmas spirit. PALO S VERDES BULLETIN Mrs. 7 IZ. It. GOLF CLUB NOTES 1Terming, wife of Lieutenant ning of the Ilatttleship the Golf Club to wives cember 29th. Fifty tired but happy young Golf Club for a sunrise after a dance at La Twenty-five A'rritAu lvi: (Cunt Nia' 1101 intted Rum SE each side, and a local service ON VIA page LA people came to the on December 23rd, Venta. and guests dinner at the of the Redondo Golf Club Mr. James Fiske, of the Palos Verdes second a card prize in the amateur-professional of 69 in the recent tournament on the Golf Club, class at the L. ,\. Country Club. Rear-Admiral George R. Marvell of the tT. S. S. flagship Procyon made a hole in one at the Palos Verdes golf course on Christmas Day, playing with R,,,, and Munson. A,thitccts AN breakfast members Card Club enjoyed 14th of January. took with Hen- Pennsylvania, gave a tea at of officers of the ship on De- tiKI,vA me) road near the property line. The width is necessary to give a park-like drive and effect for the whole width, like similar famous drives of Kansas City, Chicago, Buffalo, Indianapolis, etc. The petitions now being circulated include a district of nearly 30,000 acres, taking in the north 1,080 of Palos Verdes and the communities of Redondo I eac}t, ITawthornc, Torrance, Lo- mita one and of the Gardena, greatest in this southwest To forward and contemplate improvements urndoubtedly ever put forward district. the tion has been formed movement, a strong called "The i1 organiza- Southwest Parks and Parkways /\ssociation," with the following officers: Judge J. S. Crandall, President, Gardena; 1 I . 1). Pottengcr, Genet al Manager, Hawthorne C. of C.; J. M. Carter, 1st Vice-Pres.; ken Long, 2nd Vice-T'res., Mcmeta; William IZay, Treasurer, Lawndale; Al. C. 1)'a rnard, Secretary, Ilawthorne; Chas. TT. Cheney, Palos Verdes dent Redondo C. of C. : I larold Rufus Page, Torrance C. of C. ; C. J. Funk, PresiDale, T,:l Segundo SILIIOUETT V"ice-:Admiral I? FROM 1'in 'I'EItitACI '7 Oil Oil MR , AND DIRS. JAS. 11. Jackson, LT, S. S. MauryMarvell of the same ship. The admiral sank his tee shot on the fifteenth hole. This is a 145-yard hole which requires driving across a small harranca onto a difficult green. George The Blflletiit will be mailed three issues, to any address. 1". VENTA Richard land, and Lieut. cp°EE RESIDENCE LA I)AWSON VIA LA SEI.VA, VAI, MONTE upon re(luest, for PALOS A ROCK- RIBBED PROMONTORY VERDES ENCLOSES ON TtnE ART JURY NOTES A number of new buildings were approved finally by the Artury during Uecenther, including a four-flat building near Malaga Cove Plaza and several houses. The more important items acted oil were as follows : hl/'"0 Conc. iI'ooslC11house C0111-t on.Lot 7-5 - 11 of Final approval was a house court to \Vooslev on Lot secrct;trv tioeTtt 1017-5 from the plans and chairman give side of Plaza. for pl;ons THE QUINT WATERS OF I,IINAUA BAY The secretary vas authorized to give fin;tl approval to plans for this house on Via La Sclva op- of Hugh were authorized final approval SHUN shallowness of the lot, the Art jury approved change of set-hack line on Lot 1435-13 to ten feet from the street for the garage. Il onsc for 'Ill-. Sun/ , I revs on Lot I 7 Oo- given this first four-flat unit cost $15,000 for Mr. James Kirk, :Architect, to be located on the north Vitt (-autpcsina, just back of Malaga Cove I/oust for 11/x15.Cco. Kincaid on Lot 1537-9 Tlie BULLETIN to for this attractive house on Lot 1537-o) at the corner of Via Somonte and Via Concjo one block cast of La Vcnta Inn, posite the end of Via Capay from plans by Mr. Itronecr, changes were lu/encln/rnts 't'he Approval approval rnent No. () to the various of record in the Fstates ments and set-backs, l/oust' on Lot was given declarations readjusting to Antend- of restrictions details of ease- etc. 1276-1;-111ur,cule approval to he erected was given immediately this from very plans A splendid the Santa collection of prize Barbara Community of which a limited slintnlate better 21) designs Verdes building one Art on Every lot today. TEAR Sec'y, OFF Palos number (indicated owner THIS readjustments in the plans were completed. Ten Foot Sel-bathA pproved on Lot 1135-13 Because of the extreme in l'alos already should BLANK Verdes designs published Arts Association, AND Art been have MAIL seal of Palos approved a copy. WITH to Verdes. by the gold jury) have the Estates. Costing of copies were secured architecture 75 Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates, minor Architect W. L. Risley to the west of Granvia La Costa on Cloyden Road, 1\largate, not far from Reynolds' Inn. by provided tine house by PRIZE HOUSE DESIGNS Sixty Plans and Elevations of Homes Approximately $5,000 Each •I'tn: Two 111INDRED FOOT CLIFFS ON TILE SHORE 01" Till-' LUNADA BAY Dis'rR^r grove minor made. to Restr'illions Art jury's Final in the eucalyptus provided certain YOUR for Send for CHECK Jury, California. Dear Sir: Enclosed find my check for $2.15 for which send me postpaid a copy of the Santa Barbara of Prize Designs of $5,000 houses. please Book Natrte ------------------------------- ----------- ------- ...........------------Street Citv...- Address.---......-- --------- ----------------------------------- -------------- State --------------------------------------------------------------------------------